Set in ancient Japan, this lyrical, self-contained story follows the ill-fated romance between a humble young monk and a magical, shape-changing she-fox. When the fox stumbles upon a band of demons discussing a plot to steal the monk's life through a dreamtrap, it will take all the fox's craftiness - and the intervention of the King of All Night's Dreaming (Morpheus) - to save him.

The manga, itself, is mostly a novel, but it is told in a beautiful way as that of a Japanese folktale. There are lessons to be learnt from it as you read through the story. Accompanying the story, are the beautiful drawings that go with it. They seem so surreal and the colours of each drawing are light and very vibrant. Overall, this manga is a good read.

This was a very beautiful story. It is told in the form of a written novel with illustrations accompanying it, and it was the most beautiful story I have ever read.

You do not need to have read the Sandman series to understand this, since it is a stand alone novel. If you have read the original series, there are two or three characters in this novel that you will be familiar with.